Today, May 17th, is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHAT), a day when we honor the survivors and victims of anti-LGBTQ violence while working to prevent future incidents of violence against our communities. Anti-LGBTQ violence is a problem all over the world, and in the last two weeks, here in New York City, we have seen four public incidents of hate violence affecting our communities. We are working to prevent this violence from occurring again – and we want you to join us.

 Read the full text of AVP's Take Action Alert here.